Periwinkle is a disabled raccoon with only one hand who captured the eye of a friendly homeowner when she spotted the sweet mom bringing her babies for a snack.

Learn how volunteers nurse back raccoon kits that lost their mothers and teach them how to hunt, swim, and protect themselves ...

A Mississippi wildlife rescue teaches orphaned raccoons to climb, hunt, swim, avoid traps, and survive before releasing them back into nature.

Muddy, sweat-soaked and occasionally bloody, the dedicated staff at a Mississippi wildlife center are drill sergeants. And their soldiers? Baby raccoons.

A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call “raccoon boot camp.” ...

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

I’ve had multiple run-ins with raccoons over the years, most recently just last week. A very fat fellow, who stops by frequently, clawed his way up to the top of our fence and perched, arms wide, like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orphaned on the side of the road after his mother was struck by a car, the little buck, Peppie, lived with the Kottke family for ...

Inside the adorable ‘boot camp’ giving orphaned raccoons a second chance - A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they ...